Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | The Red Castle, Harmer Hill - geograph.org.uk - 594717.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The Red Castle public house, Harmer Hill (Closed for business 2018) |
Coordinates: | 52.799°N -2.766°W |
Official Name: | Harmer Hill |
Label Position: | top |
Civil Parish: | Myddle, Broughton and Harmer Hill |
Unitary England: | Shropshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Shropshire |
Region: | West Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | North Shropshire |
Post Town: | SHREWSBURY |
Postcode District: | SY4 |
Postcode Area: | SY |
Dial Code: | 01939 |
Os Grid Reference: | SJ483226 |
Harmer Hill is a village in Shropshire, England located on the A528 south of Wem and north of Shrewsbury.
The name Harmer comes from the two words "hare" and "mere", as there was a lake situated in a plain below the hill, but it was drained in the 15th century for farm land. The village was home to two pubs, the Bridgewater Arms and the Red Castle; the Red Castle closed in 2018. There is a village hall and Presbyterian chapel with its own burial ground. Harmer Hill is said to be haunted, notably by a "White Lady".
Queen Mary's brother, the Marquess of Cambridge, lived at nearby Shotton Hall from after World War I until his death in 1927.[1] Helen Morgan, Liberal Democrat MP, lives in Harmer Hill, which is in her North Shropshire constituency.[2]